The amount of compensatory sweating depends on the patient, the damage that the white rami communicans incurs, and the amount of cell body reorganization in the spinal cord after surgery.
Other potential complications include inadequate resection of the ganglia, gustatory sweating, pneumothorax, cardiac dysfunction, post-operative pain, and finally Horner’s syndrome secondary to resection of the stellate ganglion.
www.ubcmj.com/pdf/ubcmj_2_1_2010_24-29.pdf

After severing the cervical sympathetic trunk, the cells of the cervical sympathetic ganglion undergo transneuronic degeneration
After severing the sympathetic trunk, the cells of its origin undergo complete disintegration within a year.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1439-0442.1967.tb00255.x/abstract

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Hyperthermia following sympathectomy

a significant number of patients develop a tendency for
hyperthermia involving the extremity. This hyperthermia is more commonly seen among the patients
who have received multiple sympathetic ganglion nerve blocks. This is what is referred to as
"virtual sympathectomy".
THE ROLE OF INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND
MANAGEMENT OF NEUROPATHIC PAIN
H. Hooshmand, M.D.
Neurological Associates
903 E. Causeway Blvd.
Vero Beach, FL 32963